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Thu September 27, 2007
JCB HMEE-1 Races at Gateway International Speedway
Usually, highly tuned trucks compete for Victory Lane at the Missouri/Illinois Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 200 Craftsman Truck race in St. Louis. However, all focus was on the high speed JCB Backhoe Loader specialized specifically for the U.S....

Bond Brungard - Wed September 19, 2007
Lancaster Development Flies Through Route 747 Project
Construction activity abounds on a new east-west connection road being built into Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, N.Y. To the east, a short line of rotating three-axle Volvo end dump trucks were taking turns as a Caterpillar excavator removed more of the hillside to make room for the four-lane connector road, which will be the new entrance into the airport....

David S. Chartock - Mon September 17, 2007
Teamwork Key to $141M Expressway in New York
The $141.8 million I-287 Cross Westchester Expressway Stage III reconstruction project has been a handful for all involved. "With over 550 items of work, communications between and amongst the principal parties involved is expected to be the key to success for the project," explained Kerril Hynes, engineer-in-charge, New York State Department of Transportation, Region 9 (NYSDOT), Poughkeepsie, N.Y....

Brenda Ruggiero - Wed September 12, 2007
Traffic Stop Foils Equipment Theft Ring
Citronelle, Ala., police officer Corey Henderson was on routine patrol in the wee hours in November 2005, when he spotted a pickup truck weaving back and forth. Henderson pulled the pickup over and then walked toward it to confirm his suspicions that the driver was drunk....

Tue August 28, 2007
JESCO Customizes Deere Excavator, Loader for Scrap Yard
JESCO has recently customized a new John Deere 450DLC excavator with shear and a 544J loader with forks and specialized foam filled tires for Fortune Riverside Scrap Yard. JESCO enhanced the 450DLC’s Genesis 990 Maxx shear capabilities with a special hydraulic setup that will more efficiently utilize the machine’s hydraulic system during shear cutting operations....

Matthew Willett - Mon August 27, 2007
Veteran demolition contractor Price and Sons is razing the bar. No stranger to high-profile jobs, the team that handled demolition at Centennial Park prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics began work Aug. 3 at the former Buckhead Village, a district in Atlanta known for years for its bars and wild nightlife....

Jeff Cronin - Fri August 31, 2007
Contractor Stays the Course Through Saturated Conditions
On a golf course, water hazards can prove to be a challenge for those who walk the links. At Hampton Pointe near Hilton Head, S.C., water is already proving to be a challenge while the course is still under construction....

Tue July 03, 2007
Universal Vibratory Platform for Excavators Ups Productivity
MBW’s universal vibratory platform can be fitted with an assortment of vibratory wheels or vibratory plates, depending on soil type and work area constraints. Whichever compactor is affixed to the vibratory platform, the combination of vibratory forces (10,000 lbs....

Tue July 03, 2007
Cat’s Hydraulic Excavators Showcase Unique Strengths
Caterpillar has introduced three new mid-sized hydraulic excavators — the 320D L with standard swing radius, the 320D LRR with reduced swing radius, and the 321D LCR with compact radius. The new D-Series machines feature greater performance and versatility than the C-Series machines they replace....

Tue August 07, 2007
Famed Film Firm’s Building 23 Razed to the Ground
In the early morning of Sunday, July 1, 2007, the booms heard in Rochester, N.Y., could have been mistaken for an early Fourth of July celebration. But to the large crowd that gathered at Kodak Park the booms signaled the start of the implosion of the obsolete Building 23 of the Eastman Kodak Company....
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